living
Usage
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Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one's living; to threaten one's livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of knitting hats. Maintenance refers usually to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate.
Example Sentences
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To ensure accuracy, the team compared their reconstructed network with one of the most comprehensive modern marine ecosystem models available, based on living Caribbean environments.
From Science Daily
"Our care team worked to keep her healthy and living a typical day-to-day life as long as possible before we determined a dual organ transplant would give her the best long-term quality of life."
From Science Daily
Bazhanov, who went on to ask about a question about the high cost of living in Russia, was made to wait for his answer.
From Barron's
A growing feature of the nation’s $1.7 trillion student-loan crisis is that some Americans are now living with student loans for their entire adult lives.
From MarketWatch
But suddenly, she noticed that the federal government was taking $150 out of the $1,100 in disability she relied on to pay for her living expenses.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
